804
edits
Changes
no edit summary
{{Navbar-Global Coal Mine Tracker}}
The '''Davel coal project''' is a possible South African coal project. It is located between Bethal and Ermelo , in the Msukaligwa Local Municipality in Mpumalanga province.<ref>[https://sahris.sahra.org.za/cases/davel-project The Davel Project], SAHRA website, accessed Nov. 2019.</ref>
==Location==
The map below shows the approximate location of the project. It is located between Bethal and Ermelo, in the Msukaligwa Local Municipality in Mpumalanga province.
{{#display_point:-26.460572,29.733188|width=600|height=500|type=normal|zoom=11}}
BHP Billiton announced in its 2015 annual report that they were discontinuing this project, demerging it and, with a handful of other coal projects, rolling it into a new company called South32.<ref>[https://www.bhp.com/-/media/bhp/documents/investors/annual-reports/2015/bhpbillitonannualreport2015.pdf?la=en BHP Billiton Annual Report 2015], BHP Billiton website, accessed Oct. 2019.</ref>
IOL Business Report stated in 2017 that Scinta South Africa bought the rights to Davel from South32.<ref name=scin>[https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/companies/scinta-buys-davel-mining-right-for-r187m-9425633 Scinta buys Davel mining right for R187m], IOL Business Report, 30 May 2017.</ref> That same year, Mining Mx reported that Davel was expected to "deliver four million tonnes per year of export and domestic thermal coal" but that development wasn't "an immediate goal."<ref>[https://www.miningmx.com/news/energy/29944-coal-juniors-scinta-canyon-keep-flag-flying-sa-mining-investment/ Coal juniors Scinta, Canyon keep flag flying for SA mining investment], Mining MxMiningmx, 3 Jul. 2017.</ref>
In March 2018, the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) announced that an interim result from a Phase I heritage impact assessment reveals that "no heritage resources will be affected by the Davel Project."<refname=HIA>[https://sahris.sahra.org.za/node/489139 Interim Comment Davel Project], 20 Mar. 2018, SAHRA website, accessed Nov. 2019.</ref> The report further mentions that "An application for an integrated water use licence for the proposed project will be submitted to the Department of Water and Sanitation. The next step is to compile a scoping, EIA/EMP report and water use licence application that will be submitted to I&AP’s for comments."<ref name=HIA/>
==Project Details==
*'''Mine status:''' Proposed
*'''Start year:'''
*'''Mineable reserves:''' 400 million tonstonnes<ref name=scin/>
*'''Coal type:''' Thermal
*'''Mine size:'''